462.000 Kyllinga Rottb.

Description of the genus

Annual or perennial herbs. Culms triangular. Inflorescence a single ovate or hemispheric head, sometimes more complex additional lateral heads. Spikelets with relatively few, 1-2 (-5) florets. Glumes distichous. Perianth 0. Stamens 1-3. Stigmas 2. Fruit a nutlet, cylindric or ellipsoid, laterally flattened, usually dark brown to black when mature.

Worldwide: 40 species in warm regions, especially Africa and Madagascar

Caprivi: 17 cultivated taxa.

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Species	Content
albiceps (Ridl.) Rendle
albogracilis Lye
brevifolia Rottb.
bulbosa P. Beauv.
cataphyllata Huygh & Schouppe
chrysantha K.Schum.
chrysanthoides Mtot.
comosipes (Mattf. & Kük.) Napper
crassipes Boeckeler	Description, Image
erecta Schumach.[Agg]
odorata Vahl	Image
platyphylla K. Schum.
polyphylla Willd. ex Kunth
pumila Michx.	Description
sphaerocephala Boeckeler
squamulata Thonn. ex Vahl	Description, Image
tenuifolia Steud.

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Flora of Botswana: Kyllinga
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Flora of Malawi: Kyllinga
Flora of Mozambique: Kyllinga
Flora of Zambia: Kyllinga
Flora of Zimbabwe: Kyllinga

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